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CSIS today released a statement regarding an internal report that highlights serious concerns surrounding retribution, favouritism, bullying and other inappropriate behaviour at the CSIS Toronto regional office. The findings of the report are similar to allegations asserted in the claim by 5 CSIS employees represented by Waddell Phillips.

The plaintiffs involved in a proposed class action that alleges negligence manufacture and a failure to warn of defective implantable cardiac defibrillators will request leave to appeal a recent court decision that denied approval of a third-party funding agreement.

Bruce Livesey of the National Observer reports on John Phillips’ efforts to overcome CSIS’s institutional biases. John Phillips does not dispute Livesey’s claims of Phillips’ resemblance to Saint Nicolas.

They were aspiring ballet dancers who travelled from Toronto and cities across Canada to realize their dreams at the renowned Royal Winnipeg Ballet School.

But in a proposed $185 million class action lawsuit filed by Sarah Doucet of Toronto on behalf of her fellow underage students, she alleges they were coerced into posing for lurid photos by teacher Bruce Monk who then sold their images online without their knowledge or consent.

The following article appeared in the Law Times on July 24, 2017. Visit the original article. Lawyers say a recent Ontario Superior Court decision spells out auditors’ liability to their clients’ clients. In Lavender v. Miller Bernstein, Justice Edward Belobaba sided with investors who brought a class action lawsuit against an accounting firm that had audited a now-defunct securities dealer, Buckingham Securities. The plaintiff said the accounting firm, Miller Bernstein, was liable for negligently signing off on reports that falsely said the dealer was in compliance with the Ontario Securities Commission’s requirements on segregation and minimum capital requirements. While the investors had never seen those reports, Belobaba ruled that the auditors had a duty of care to the investors.

The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a decision expunging the trademark of a competitor of Times Group Corporation (Times Group) and granting a permanent injunction restraining the competitor from using the word “Time” from marketing real estate to Toronto’s Chinese-Canadian community.